Hand sewing buck



April 1959 J. J. HOLMES 2,881,966

HAND SEWING BUCK Filed May 9, 1957 7 INVENTOR JAMES J.HOLMES w, BY

ATTORNEYS United States Patent HAND SEWING BUCK James J. Holmes,Wauwatosa, Wis. Application May 9, 1957, Serial No. 658,105 2 Claims.(Cl. 269-116) This invention appertains to an appliance for facilitatingthe handling and sewing of carpets incident to the laying thereof on afloor.

With the growing demand for wall-to-wall carpeting, manufacturers haveproduced carpets of greater widths, say from 12 to 20 feet, to eliminatethe necessity of making a great number of seams during the laying of thecarpet, and thereby reducing the cost of carpet laying, and to produce abetter over all effect in the laid carpet. However, the necessity forjoining pieces of carpets together still arises, and due to the greatwidths of carpet, the handling and the sewing thereof creates a problemand the making of a neat, concealed seam is exceedingly difficult.

It is, therefore, one of the primary objects of my invention to providea novel device (hereinafter referred to as a sewing buck), foreffectively holding carpets of great widths firmly in place and againstmovement, with their edges in desired abutting relation and at aconvenient height, whereby an operator can easily sew the carpet edgestogether and thus form a neat seam without the necessity of holding ormanipulating the carpet itself.

Another salient object of my invention is to provide a sewing buckembodying spaced end frames connected at their upper terminals byplanks, boards or other tack receiving members, whereby the carpet endscan be brought over said planks in abutting relation and temporarilytacked to the planks, so that the carpet ends will be held againstmovement and thus facilitate the sewing together of the abutting carpetedges.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sewing buck embodyinga support having widely spaced end frames rigidly connected by anelevated longitudinally extending beam, preferably of an angle shape incrosssection, with planks removably bolted or otherwise secured to thesides or flanges of the beam to which the carpet can be temporarilytacked, the elevated beam with its planks, permitting the carpet to beswung thereunder so that an operator will have easy access to the carpetedges for sewing.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a sewing buck ofthe above character, which will be durable and eflicient in use, onethat will be simple and easy to manufacture and one which can be placedupon the market at a small cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will behereinafter more specifically described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my improved sewing buck;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the buck takenon the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, theview also showlee ing carpet terminals in place and temporarily tackedto the buck for sewing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter Bgenerally indicates my novel sewing buck and the same includes asupporting structure 5. This support 5 includes end frames 6 and 7. Theend frames 6 and 7 are of an inverted V-shape in elevation and arepreferably formed from lengths of tubular stock bent into the desiredshape. These end frames may, if desired, be mounted on a table (notshown) but in the preferred form, each end frame includes supportinglegs 8 and the upper ends of the legs are bent inwardly toward oneanother and into abutting relation. These abutting terminals are firmlysecured together in any desired way, such as by welding. The legs 8 canbe braced by suitable means, such as a bar 9, and the terminals of thebar are connected to the legs adjacent to their lower ends. All of thelegs can carry, if such should be desired, rollers 10 so that the buckcan be moved from place to place with facility.

The upper ends of the end frames 6 and 7 are rigidly and firmly unitedby a longitudinally extending beam 11 and this beam is of an angle shapein cross-section and can be formed from angle iron should such bedesired. The beam can be welded or otherwise fastened to the end frames6 and 7, and is so disposed, that its sides or flanges 12 inclinedownwardly from a central point. If preferred, additional braces (notshown) can be used to connect the legs 8 with the beam 11.

Connected to the flanges 12 of the beam 11 are planks, boards, or othertack receiving members 13 and the upper longitudinal edges of theseplanks 13 are beveled and placed in abutting relation to form a smoothjoint. These planks 13 can be temporarily secured to the sides orflanges 12 of the beam 11 by screws 14, bolts or the like.

In use of my improved sewing buck (see Fig. 3), carpet lengths 15 and 16are brought over the opposite sides of the buck and are temporarilysecured to the buck by driving tacks or nails 17 through the carpetlengths into the planks 13. During the temporary securing of the carpetlengths in place, care is taken so that the edges of the carpet lengthsto be sewed will be brought into intimate engagement. One carpet length,say carpet length 16, can be folded back under the buck so that anoperator can stand close to the planks and thus easily reach theabutting carpet edges so that the same can be sewed to form the seam.After the sewing and the forming of the scam in the usual way, the tacks17 are removed and the joined carpet lengths are taken off the buck andthe carpet is then laid on the floor.

Obviously, after planks 13 become worn from constant tacking, the samecan be easily replaced by removing the screws 14.

The sewing buck B can be made in varying lengths to suit the needs ofthe purchaser.

Various other changes in details may be made without departing from thespirit or the scope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

1. A sewing buck for facilitating the sewing of abutting edges of carpetlengths comprising a rigid supporting structure including widely spacedend frames and an inverted V-shaped longitudinally extending beamrigidly secured to the upper ends of the end frames, and tack receivingexposed planks rigidly secured to the outer faces of the inclined sidesof the beam and extending the length of the beam for receiving theterminals of carpet lengths and to which the carpet lengths aretemporarily tacked.

2. A sewing buck for facilitating the sewing of abutting edges of carpetlengths comprising a rigid structure 4 lengths are temporarily tacked,said planks having their upper edges beveled and disposed in abuttingrelation to form a smooth joint on which the abutting carpet edges rest.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,880,909 Dunlap Oct. 4, 1932

